The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-09-28
ALL ABOUT BySTIEs.
subject OF Great Interest to Mon, Women
and Childrcn.-And Especially to Freight

From the Now YORK Times

lfron the New York Timcs)
very interesting controversy ha,
been agitating the minds and hearts o
tho freight agents Of transcontinentu
railroads, the pool commissioners, th,
Interstate commerce commissioners
and California dry goods merchants sine,
early III February.
And 1t is all about bustlcs. AIthouu,
this article has long occupied G place o
/ dlBDlty and prominence in the wardrobe
OF the properly appmcled woman, anC
/ udS formed an important item in th,
usincSS OF merchants, manufacturers
car'ocnlsts and common carriers, it had
/ not, unuI the July revision, occupied q
I p'"co on the freight tariff. Then IN.
classified dry goods paid 50 per hundred
irei%htage to San Francisco, while ho0D,
skir'$, under tho classification of wirC
Gooj>, were assessed only 81. 80 per hun.
dred. i was consequently the custom
oi merchants TO ship buStlcs as "wir,
goods" or "hoopshlrts" indiiIercntly, 50
describing them in the bills of ladiu1 al, 4
paying !bo lower ,atc of chargcg. Thou
sands of cases bad thus been shippcd
and passed by the freight agents without
question, and the goods had been sold
and gone into circulation, when an IN
lucky manufacturer, il February last
sent to Sticfel, Sachs ~ Co., of San
Francisco, case Of these goods dcscrin-
ed in the bills Of lading as "bust.es."
The Gull"l&Gs California freight agent,
knowing little and protesting to know
nothing of this mysterious dJstendcr Of
my lady's dress and supporter of her
skirts and hoops, looked in vain for the
rate on bustlcs i'll the tariff catalogue.
lie, therefore, charged tho rate on mn
classified dry goods Of 50 and prccipi-
tntcd the contest by sending in his bll!.
lDe merchants protested against the
payment, and the matter was refcrrcd to
me genera! traffic managers of the roads
iii New York.
S0mo 0i these were married men who
profcsssrd 70 know something about bus
ties, for al Of their wives were supposed
70 wear them. An elderly gentleman
IRON among the brncllcts wa, indignant
over what he termed the "low auhtcr-
iugc' OF chasing bustlcs aS honpskirts
or wire goods wheH there wasn't ~ bit of
wlre nor = hoop Of any kind about them
- ought to know, for his wife had worn
" oust,o Tor years. The article WAS made
OF feathers and cloth; two long narrow
p''3" jn,' "'oe enough io--t"-wcll, to
"Scnnr beng sat on, wcrc seWcd toFeth-
cr' INC 'ar&cf one below, and fas. .-nod
Oh "4''' strings. Some oi the younger
u'o,i tt'm' q "}AHsyd at his dcscsil ticn,
an one lnNdred Ii Oil ncwspapcIs wero
ever employed Tor s,uliiug instead OF
ieaehef8. wise boxing man, of ma
'"IG years Iii" nrgc 1nmlly Of girls,
sa'u nc A".d 1t ON thc best "t authority
may Iho newspaper buht;e existed only
"a lhH coi"mhs Oh alleged funny papers.
y %U!t C"AAT"ctId buatic WAS filled with
cU.Ic" IIir ana aclll better quality
WIN wool IA former years he had
pJttHhsoa "ii .I, Such "rucir3 hIm""!f and he
loit 'nat IL" Was an authority upon the
S"pISc'.
. me PFePon"ei%hoo OF testimony, nI-
v''o'Si ~ "li ho' agree as TO details,
,'3 w"2 I.EGot'y TO lar, iar against "wlr" goods
"Iiu "ootS"lr"' ana the frame mnna-
6fi1 sccitit,' i TDo'' , 10 'GSl3'H me chN'8"
oi oi,.a;e.i I Ho. "a" per huhurco' as un-
r;"I',nou ,;''I @ wy SoooS; "Len young mar
ta'I ~ nan WIZ Scoo on Nis Ao"e' VINO
i.'tI nS'tht" ,o mus iN' without speaking,
:."'H nc .Ao.Si' 'ncto must DC something